2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season

Bayern came into the 2014–15 season as the defending Bundesliga champions[2] and defending DFB-Pokal champions.[3] In the 2013–14 season, Bayern were knocked out of Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid in the semi-finals, losing 5–0 on aggregate.[4] Bayern hired Michael Reschke as Technical Director.[5] This is a new position and will provide "support" for Matthias Sammer, the Sporting Director for Bayern.[5]

Xabi Alonso joined Bayern in August 2014

Robert Lewandowski,[6] Sebastian Rode,[7] Juan Bernat,[8] Pepe Reina,[9] Medhi Benatia,[10] Xabi Alonso,[11] and Sinan Kurt[12] transferred to Bayern. Lewandowski was the second "key" player within a year to move to Bayern from Borussia Dortmund.[13] Bayern bought Medhi Benatia from Roma for an undisclosed fee.[10] Pep Guardiola wanted to sign another player due to Javi Martínez's injury in the German Super Cup.[14] For this reason, Bayern brought Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid[11] for undisclosed fee. Lukas Raeder,[15] Alessandro Schöpf,[16] Mario Mandžukić,[17] Toni Kroos,[18] and Diego Contento[19] left the club. Contento had been at the club for 19 years.[20] Mandžukić wanted to leave Bayern because the "playing style of coach Pep Guardiola simply does not fit him."[21] Julian Green was loaned out to Hamburger SV[22] and Daniel Van Buyten retired.[23] He had been offered another role at Bayern.[24]

Pre-season started on 9 July.[25] During pre-season, Bayern defeated Red Baroons Dietmannsried 3–0 on 18 July in its first friendly match of the season.[26] This was Holger Badstuber's first match in 594 days.[26] Badstuber injured his ACL against Borussia Dortmund on 1 December 2012.[27] and re-injured it on 19 May 2013.[28] He returned to first-team training on 5 May 2014.[29] Also in pre-season, Bayern faced MSV Duisburg on 21 July in a benefits match[30] which ended in a 1–1 draw.[31] Robert Lewandowski made his pre-season debut and scored his first goal for Bayern.[31] Pre-season continued with the 2014 Telekom Cup.[32] Bayern faced Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semifinal on 26 July which Bayern won in a shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw in sixty minutes.[32] Bayern defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 in the final the following day and won the cup.[33] Bayern took a tour of the United States.[34] This is Bayern's first pre-season tour in the United States in a decade.[35] Bayern were in New York City for three days.[36] During the tour, on 31 July,[37] they defeated Chivas Guadalajara 1–0 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey and won the Audi Football Summit Cup 2014.[38][39] Bayern were also in Portland, Oregon for four days.[36] While in Portland, on 6 August,[40] Bayern lost to the MLS All-Star team 2–1 on 6 August.[41] Pep Guardiola was angry because of "harsh challenges" and didn't shake Caleb Porter's hand after the game.[35][42] Two of the tackles came from Osvaldo Alonso and other tackle came from Will Johnson.[43] The tackle by Johnson injured Bastian Schweinsteiger.[43] During pre-season, Thiago "suffered a relapse" of his knee injury that he picked up in March 2014.[44]

Prior to the winter break, Bayern signed Tom Starke to a contract extension and gave Gianluca Gaudino his first professional contract.[45] Bayern defeated Mainz 05 and immediately went on winter break.[46] During the winter break, Bayern signed Joshua Kimmich as their first transfer signing for the 2015–16 season.[47] Most of the players returned on 7 January.[46] David Alaba, Holger Badstuber, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Medhi Benatia, and Tom Starke had returned earlier.[48] Bayern loaned out Højbjerg for the remainder of the season[49] and sold Xherdan Shaqiri.[50] Højbjerg also received a contract extension.[51] Bayern left for a nine-day training camp in Doha, Qatar on 9 January.[52] Philipp Lahm and Thiago didn't go to Doha, Qatar.[53] While in the Middle East, Bayern played two friendlies.[52] In the first match in Qatar, Bayern defeated the Qatar Stars League XI 4–1.[54] In the second match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bayern defeated Al-Hilal 4–1.[55] Bayern finished mid-season training with a 5–1 win against VfL Bochum on 23 January.[56] On 13 January, Allianz Arena increased capacity to 75,000 after the city of Munich approved the increase[57] which is for Bundesliga matches only.[57] The capacity for UEFA Champions League matches also increased.[57]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Match	Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A/N	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Bayern Munich	Opponent
Dream Game	18 July 18:00	N	Red Baroons Dietmannsried	3–0	11,150	Alaba 5', 37' Hägler 14'	—	[26]
Friendly	21 July 18:30	A	MSV Duisburg	1–1	24,126	Lewandowski 62' Steinhart  80'	Schnellhardt 69'	[31]
Telekom Cup 2014 Semifinals	26 July 20:30	N	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2 (5–4 p)	42,000	Lewandowski 29' Ribéry 34'	Kruse 42' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	[32]
						Penalties
						Lewandowski   Alaba   Badstuber   Rafinha   Højbjerg   Martínez	Nordtveit   Raffael   Hahn   Kruse   Wendt   Korb
Telekom Cup 2014 Final	27 July 18:15	N	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	50,000	Lewandowski 4', 20' Rode 15'	—	[33]
Audi Football Summit	1 August 02:00	N	Guadalajara	1–0	25,073	Pizarro 10' Martínez  28' Rafinha  87'	Pereira  22' Sánchez  73' Solís  84'	[37]
2014 MLS All-Star Game	7 August 03:55	A	MLS All-Stars	1–2	21,733	Lewandowski 8' Boateng  90+2'	Wright-Phillips 51' Alonso  64' Donovan 70' Johnson  89'	[40]
Paulaner Cup	6 October 17:30	N	Paulaner Dream Team	5–1	—	Müller 36' Pantovic 69' Eberwein 75', 79' Alonso 85'	Prünstner 71'	[60]
Friendly	13 January 18:05	A	Qatar Stars League XI	4–1	6,838	Weiser 4', 14' Ribéry 43' Pizarro 90+1'	Harbaoui 26',  45+2'	[54]
Friendly	17 January 18:00	A	Al-Hilal	4–1	—	Dante 9' Schweinsteiger 11' Lewandowski 39' Pizarro 62' Weiser  90+2'	Digão  57' Al-Dawsari 90'	[55]
Friendly	23 January 18:00	A	VfL Bochum	5–1	29,299	Robben 26', 78' Dante 43' Götze 66' Rode 84'	Latza 5'	[56]

Bayern defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 on 22 August[61] in the opening match of the Bundesliga season.[62] Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Ivica Olić scored for Wolfsburg.[61][63] Junior Malanda failed to convert an opportunity that would have equalised for Wolfsburg.[64] The original shot came off Manuel Neuer then off the crossbar.[64] Then after the ball hit the crossbar, Malanda missed from a yard out.[64] Bayern had chances to score more goals. Sebastian Rode had a goal wrongly ruled out[63][65] after the assistant referee flagged for offside[63] and Arjen Robben hit the crossbar.[65] Bastian Schweinsteiger, Rafinha, Thiago, Franck Ribéry, and Javi Martínez were out injured.[61] Jérôme Boateng finished his two-match suspension which he received during the 2013–14 season.[66] Robert Lewandowski, Juan Bernat made their league debuts for Bayern.[61] Jérôme Boateng finished his two-match suspension which he received during the 2013–14 season.[66] 17 year-old Gianluca Gaudino made his first Bundesliga appearance of his career and 18-year-old Lucas Scholl was on the bench for the first team for the first time.[67] Bayern finished the matchday tied for third with Hannover 96.[68] Then, on matchday two on 30 August, Bayern finished August with a 1–1 draw against Schalke 04 on 30 August.[69] Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Benedikt Höwedes scored for Schalke 04.[69] Lewandowski's goal was his first competitive goal for Bayern.[70] Bayern disputed Höwedes' goal after it came off his arm.[70][71][72] Bayern managed 10 shots on target, which was the worst total for Bayern since Pep Guardiola took over as head coach.[73] This was Schalke 04's first point against Bayern since 10 December 2010.[71] Xabi Alonso made his debut.[74] Bayern finished the matchday tied for fifth with Eintracht Frankfurt.[75]

Bayern started September with a 2–0 win against VfB Stuttgart on matchday three on 13 September.[76] Mario Götze and Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern.[77] Holger Badstuber left the match with a thigh injury.[78] Bayern finished the matchday in second place.[79] Then, on matchday four on 20 September, the match against Hamburger SV finished in a 0–0 draw.[80] Guardiola decided to rotate players[81] from their midweek Champions League match. Thomas Müller was on the substitutes bench, however, he replaced Arjen Robben in starting line-up after Robben was injured during the warm-up.[81] Bayern finished the matchday in fourth place.[82] On matchday five, on 23 September, Bayern defeated Paderborn 07 4–0[83] with two goals from Mario Götze and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller.[84] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[85] On matchday six, on 27 September, Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 2–0[86] with a goal from Mario Götze and an own goal from Daniel Halfar.[87] Bayern were denied a penalty shot, again, after Arjen Robben went down.[88] Xabi Alonso broke the record for having the most touches on the ball in a single match.[89] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[90]

Bayern started October with a 4–0 win against Hannover 96 on matchday seven on 4 October.[91] Both Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben scored two goals each.[92] Xabi Alonso took a shot from just inside his own half, which was subsequently tipped over the crossbar.[93] With the win, Bayern got their 23rd win in 26 matches in Munich against Hannover.[91] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[94] Bayern then defeated Werder Bremen 6–0[95] on matchday eight on 18 October with two goals from Philipp Lahm, two goals from Mario Götze, and a goal each from Xabi Alonso and Thomas Müller.[96] Alonso's goal was his first goal since transferring to Bayern.[95] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[97] Then on 26 October, on matchday nine,[98] Borussia Mönchengladbach ended Bayern's six-match winning streak in all competitions[99] with a 0–0 draw.[100] Bayern had a chance to win four consecutive league matches for the first time in 47 years.[101] Borussia Mönchengladbach's tactics against Bayern was to crowd the penalty area and play counterattacking football.[102] Yann Sommer made a fingertip save from a David Alaba shot that hit the post.[99] Arjen Robben was injured for the match.[101] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[98]

Bayern started November with a 2–1 win against Borussia Dortmund,[103] on matchday 10, 1 November.[104] Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Marco Reus for Borussia Dortmund.[104] A Marco Reus header[105] gave Dortmund the lead[106] in the 31st minute.[104] In the second half,[104] Neven Subotić stopped a through-ball from Franck Ribéry to Robben.[107] However, the ball went to Lewandowski[107] who scored the equaliser.[106] Robben scored the winning goal from the penalty spot[103] after Subotić fouled Ribéry.[107] Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller made several saves during the match.[105] Bayern finished the matchday in first place[108] and maintained their four-point lead.[105] Then on 8 November, on matchday 11, Bayern defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0[109] with three goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Xherdan Shaqiri.[110] Müller opened the scoring in the 23rd minute.[109] Müller hit the back of the net three minutes later, however, the referee called offside on the play.[111] Then he got his second goal in the 64th minute and completed his hattrick in the 67th minute.[109] This was Müller's second hattrick of his career.[112] Xherdan Shaqiri then scored in the 86th minute.[110] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[113] Then on 22 November, on matchday 12, Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 with goals from Mario Götze, Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben, and Sebastian Rode.[114] Götze opened the scoring in the 23rd minute.[115] Then five minutes before half-time, Lewandowski put Bayern up 2–0.[115] Robben put Bayern up 3–0 in the 83rd minute.[115] Four minutes later, Rode scored to put Bayern up 4–0.[115] Bastian Schweinsteiger made his first competitive match of the season[115][116] when he came on as a substitute in the 78th minute[114] 1899 Hoffenheim player Ádám Szalai was sent-off in the 90th minute[114] for a foul on Dante.[117] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[118] Bayern extended their lead to seven points[117] after Wolfsburg lost to Schalke 04.[119] On matchday 13, on 29 November,[120] Bayern defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 by a first-half goal from Arjen Robben.[121] Franck Ribéry tied Matthieu Delpierre record for most appearances for a French player.[122] With the clean sheet, Bayern tied VfB Stuttgart's record of only three goals conceded in the opening 13 Bundesliga matches.[123] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[124]

To start December, Bayern defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1–0[125] with Franck Ribéry's 100th goal for Bayern.[125][126][127] on matchday 14, on 6 December.[126] The goal came in the 51st minute.[126] Bayern had chances to score more goals after taking the lead, by failed to convert any of those chances.[128] Bayern finished the match in first place,[129] seven points over second place Wolfsburg.[128] Then on 13 December, on matchday 15,[130] Bayern defeated FC Augsburg 4–0[131] with two goals from Arjen Robben and a goal each from Medhi Benatia and Robert Lewandowski.[130] Benatia opened the scoring in the 58th minute.[132] Then a minute later, Robben scored his first goal of the match.[132] Lewandowski's goal came in the 68th minute before Robben got his second goal of the match three minutes later.[132] Manuel Neuer had touched the ball 64 times during the match and won a free kick "well outside of the box against Tobias Werner."[133] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[134] On 16 December, on matchday 16,[135] Bayern defeated SC Freiburg 2–0[136] with goals from Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller.[137] Robben scored in the 41st minute and Müller scored in the 48th minute.[135] Robben scored his 100th competitive goal for Bayern.[138] Bayern had a season record 81% possession.[139] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[140] On matchday 17, on 19 December, Bayern defeated 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–1.[141] Elkin Soto opened the scoring in the 21st minute.[142] However, three minutes later, Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the equaliser from a free kick.[142] Then Arjen Robben scored the winning goal with 30 seconds of normal time remaining.[143] Bayern finished the matchday in first place[144] and the first half of the season undefeated.[52]

On matchday 18, on 30 January,[145] Bayern lost their first match of the Bundesliga season[146] and their first league match in 293 days[147] after losing 4–1 to Wolfsburg.[146] Bayern had only given up four league goals all season[148] and was the first league match where Bayern gave up four goals since 4 April 2009 when they lost to Wolfsburg 5–1.[147] Bas Dost and Kevin De Bruyne each scored two goals for Wolfsburg and Juan Bernat scored for Bayern.[145] Dost gave Wolfsburg a 1–0 league in the fourth minute and added a second in stoppage time in the first half.[147] Dost became the first player in 102 league matches to score two goals against Bayern.[149] De Bruyne added a third for Wolfsburg in the 53rd minute before Bernat scored two minutes later to give Bayern their only goal of the match.[147] De Bruyne scored his second goal of the match to put Wolfsburg up 4–1.[147] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[150] On matchday 19, on 3 February,[151] Bayern and Schalke 04 finished their match in a 1–1 draw.[152] Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 67th minute for Bayern and Benedikt Höwedes equalised in the 72nd minute.[151] Jérôme Boateng was sent-off in the 17th minute.[153] Manuel Neuer saved the subsequent penalty shot.[152] Boateng received a three-match ban for the red card[154] which was later reduced to two matches.[155] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[156] On matchday 20, on 7 February,[157] Bayern defeated VfB Stuttgart 2–0 with goals from Arjen Robben and David Alaba[158] to win their first match of 2015.[159] Just before half-time, Robben scored the opening goal of the match.[160] Then in the 50th minute,[157] Alaba scored from a free kick from about 30 yards out from goal.[160] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[161] On matchday 21, on 14 February, Bayern defeated Hamburger SV 8–0 with two goals each from Thomas Müller, Mario Götze, and Arjen Robben and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski and Franck Ribéry.[162] This was Bayern's biggest victory since their 9–0 win against Kickers Offenbach in March 1984.[163] In the 21st minute, Müller opened the scoring from the penalty mark.[164] two minutes later, Götze put Bayern up 2–0.[165] Robben scored the next two goals.[162] The first goal happened in the 36th minute[162] and the second goal happened in the 47th minute.[165] Bayern went up 5–0 after Müller's second goal of the match in the 55th minute.[165] Lewandowski made it 6–0 a minute later.[165] Ribéry scored in the 69th minute.[165] Götze finished the scoring in 88th minute.[165] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[166] On matchday 22, on 21 February,[167] Bayern defeated Paderborn 07 6–0 with two goals each from Robert Lewandoweski and Arjen Robben and a goal each from Franck Ribéry and Mitchell Weiser.[168] Lewandowski gave Bayern a 2–0 first-half lead when he scored in the 24th and 37th minutes.[169] Robben scored from a penalty kick in the 63rd minute.[169] Florian Hartherz was sent-off on the play that led to the penalty shot.[170] Ribéry scored in the 72nd minute[169] and Weiser scored his first Bundesliga goal[171] in the 78th minute before Robben got his second of the match in the 86th minute.[169] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[172] On matchday 23, on 27 February, Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 4–1.[173] Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben, and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Anthony Ujah scored for Köln.[174] Bayern took a 2–0 lead inside the first 10 minutes when Schweinsteiger scored off of a corner kick in the third minute and Ribéry goal in the 10th minute.[175] Ujah pulled a goal back when he scored during stoppage time in the first half.[175] Robben and Lewandowski both scored in the second half to give Bayern the 4–1 lead.[175] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[176]

On matchday 24, on 7 March, Bayern defeated Hannover 96 3–1.[177] Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Xabi Alonso and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored for Hannover.[178] Kiyotake Gave Hannover the lead in the 25th minute.[179] Then Xabi Alonso scored the equaliser from a free kick in the 28th minute.[179] Then Müller scored from a penalty kick in the 61st minute. He got his second goal of the match 11 minutes later to put Bayern up 3–1.[179] Dante came off in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Robert Lewandowski.[180] Bayern finished the matchday in first place[181] and took an 11-point lead after VfL Wolfsburg lost to FC Augsburg.[182] On matchday 25, on 14 March, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 4–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Thomas Müller and David Alaba.[183] Müller scored in the 24th minute and Alaba scored in stoppage time in the first half to give Bayern a 2–0 first half lead.[184] Lewandowski scored in the 76th minute and stoppage time in the second half to put Bayern up 4–0.[184] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[185] On matchday 26, on 22 March, Bayern lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0[186] with two goals, in 30th and 77th minutes, by Raffael.[187] The loss meant that Bayern's six-match winning streak came to an end[188] and they lost at Allianz Arena for the first time since losing to Real Madrid in April 2014.[189] Arjen Robben came off in the 24th minute after he tore an abdominal muscle.[189] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[190]

On matchday 27, on 4 April, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 1–0 with a 36th-minute goal from Robert Lewandowski.[191] Lewandowski scored from a header after Roman Weidenfeller "parried" Thomas Müller's shot.[192] Bayern and Dortmund came into the match with a 31-point difference in the league table.[193] Four players for Bayern were out with various injuries.[193] Bastian Schweinsteiger was injured during the match.[194] However, Thiago made his first appearance since his injury and Philipp Lahm made his first start since his injury.[195] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[196] On matchday 28, on 11 April,[197] Bayern defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thomas Müller.[198] Lewandowski gave Bayern a 1–0 lead in the 15th minute and put Bayern up 2–0 in the 66th minute.[197] Müller scored Bayern's third goal in the 82nd minute.[197] Seven players were out due to injury.[198] Bayern finished the match in first place.[199] On matchday 29, on 18 April,[200] Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 2–0 with a 38th-minute goal from Sebastian Rode and a second half stoppage time own goal from Andreas Beck. [201] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[202] On matchday 30, on 25 April,[203] Bayern defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 with a goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger.[204] Schweinsteiger scored in the 80th minute after Mitchell Weiser crossed the ball to him.[205] Javi Martínez was in the squad for the first time in 255 days.[203] Pep Guardiola made five changes to the starting 11 from the Champions League match against Porto in mid-week.[203] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[206] The following day, Bayern won their 25th German championship (24th Bundesliga championship), and 3rd consecutive championship, after Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated VfL Wolfsburg 1–0.[207]

On matchday 31, on 2 May, Bayern lost to Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 with goals from Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Julian Brandt.[208] Çalhanoğlu scored in the 55th minute from a free kick and Brandt scored in the 81st minute.[209] Pep Guardiola made seven changes from their mid-week German Cup match[209] including Rico Strieder,[209] who made his professional debut,[210] and Javi Martínez, who made his season debut in the Bundesliga.[208] Lukas Görtler, who came on in the 72nd minute, also made his professional debut.[210] On matchday 32, on 9 May, Bayern lost to FC Augsburg 1–0 with a 71st-minute goal from Raúl Bobadilla.[211] Pepe Reina received a red card in the 13th minute.[120] Paul Verhaegh hit the post in the subsequent penalty shot[212] and Reina eventually received a two-match suspension for the red card.[213] Dante also picked up a suspension after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season.[214] This was the first time since October 1991 that Bayern lost four in a row (in all competitions and including shoot-out losses).[212] On 16 May, on matchday 33, Bayern lost 2–1 to SC Freiburg.[215] Bastian Schweinsteiger, gave Bayern the lead in the 13th minute.[216] Admir Mehmedi equalized in the 33rd minute[216] and Nils Petersen scored the winner in the 89th minute.[217] This was Bayern's fifth loss in six matches in all competitions.[216] This was also the first time Freiburg beat Bayern since 9 March 1996.[215] On matchday 34, on 23 May, Bayern defeated Mainz 05 2–0 with a goal from the penalty mark from Robert Lewandowski in the 25th minute and a 48th-minute goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger.[218] Schweinsteiger played in his 500th match for Bayern.[219]

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table		Ref.
						Bayern Munich	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	22 August 20:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	71,000	Müller 37' Robben 47'	Olić 52' Luiz Gustavo  69' Arnold  88'	T3	3	[61] [68] [220]
2	30 August 18:30	A	Schalke 04	1–1	61,973	Lewandowski 10' Rode  38'	Kirchhoff  13' Höger  17' Draxler  45' Höwedes 62'	T5	4	[69] [75] [221]
3	13 September 15:30	H	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	71,000	Götze 27' Alonso  62' Ribéry 85'	Romeu  27'	2	7	[76] [79] [222]
4	20 September 15:30	A	Hamburger SV	0–0	57,000	Højbjerg  90' Neuer  90'	Arslan  45' Müller  59' Behrami  82'	4	8	[80] [82] [223]
5	23 September 20:00	H	Paderborn 07	4–0	71,000	Götze 8', 78' Lewandowski 12' Müller 85'	—	1	11	[83] [85]
6	27 September 15:30	A	1. FC Köln	2–0	50,000	Götze 19' Halfar 66' (o.g.)	—	1	14	[86] [90]
7	4 October 15:30	H	Hannover 96	4–0	71,000	Lewandowski 6', 38' Robben 13', 79'	—	1	17	[91] [94]
8	18 October 15:30	H	Werder Bremen	6–0	71,000	Lahm 20', 79' Alonso 27' Müller 43' (pen.) Götze 45', 86'	Gálvez  75'	1	20	[96] [97] [224]
9	26 October 17:30	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	54,010	Götze  45' Dante  48' Benatia  62'	Wendt  48'	1	21	[100] [98] [225]
10	1 November 18:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	71,000	Alonso  37' Lewandowski 72' Robben 85' (pen.)	Reus 31' Piszczek  62' Subotić  84'	1	24	[104] [108] [226]
11	8 November 15:30	A	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	51,500	Müller 23', 64', 67' Ribéry  66' Shaqiri 86'	Chandler  32' Aigner  38'	1	27	[110] [113] [227]
12	22 November 15:30	H	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	71,000	Götze 27' Boateng  30' Lewandowski 39' Robben 82' Rode 87' Alonso  88'	Schwegler  28' Volland  54' Szalai  90'	1	30	[114] [118] [228]
13	29 November 15:30	A	Hertha BSC	1–0	76,197	Robben 27'	Hosogai  80'	1	33	[120] [124] [229]
14	6 December 18:30	H	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	71,000	Ribéry 51'	Son  41' Castro  68' Bellarabi  89'	1	36	[126] [129] [230]
15	13 December 15:30	A	FC Augsburg	4–0	30,600	Benatia 58' Robben 60', 71' Lewandowski 68'	—	1	39	[130] [134]
16	16 December 20:00	H	SC Freiburg	2–0	71,000	Benatia  12' Robben 41' Müller 48'	Schuster  43'	1	42	[135] [140] [231]
17	19 December 20:30	A	Mainz 05	2–1	34,000	Schweinsteiger 24' Robben 90'	Soto 21',  48' Koo  60'	1	45	[141] [144] [232]
18	30 January 20:30	A	VfL Wolfsburg	1–4	30,000	Alonso  43' Schweinsteiger  47' Bernat 55'	Dost 4', 45+2' Arnold  43' De Bruyne 53', 73' Luiz Gustavo  90+1'	1	45	[145] [150] [233]
19	3 February 20:00	H	Schalke 04	1–1	75,000	Boateng  17' Benatia  64' Robben 67' Weiser  80' Schweinsteiger  86'	Höwedes  46', 72'	1	46	[151] [156] [234]
20	7 February 15:30	A	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	60,000	Robben 41' Alaba 50' Benatia  86'	Romeu  49'	1	49	[157] [161] [235]
21	14 February 15:30	H	Hamburger SV	8–0	75,000	Müller 21' (pen.), 55' Götze 23', 88' Robben 36', 47' Lewandowski 56' Ribéry 69'	Van der Vaart  29'	1	52	[162] [166] [236]
22	21 February 15:30	A	Paderborn 07	6–0	15,360	Lewandowski 24', 37' Robben 63' (pen.), 86' Ribéry 72' Weiser 78'	Hartherz  62'	1	55	[167] [172]
23	27 February 20:30	H	1. FC Köln	4–1	75,000	Schweinsteiger 3' Ribéry 10' Robben 67' Lewandowski 76'	Ujah 45+1' Halfar  73'	1	58	[173] [176] [237]
24	7 March 15:30	A	Hannover 96	3–1	49,000	Alonso 28',  39' Müller 61' (pen.), 72' Bernat  64' Ribéry  82'	Kiyotake 25' Bittencourt  77'	1	61	[177] [181] [238]
25	14 March 15:30	A	Werder Bremen	4–0	42,100	Müller 24' Rafinha  29' Alaba 45' Benatia  62' Boateng  67' Lewandowski 76', 90+1'	Prödl  62' Junuzović  66' García  67'	1	64	[183] [185] [239]
26	22 March 17:30	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	75,000	—	Jantschke  22' Raffael 30', 77' Hahn  51'	1	64	[186] [190] [240]
27	4 April 18:30	A	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	80,667	Schweinsteiger  19' Lewandowski 36' Alonso  75' Rode  90'	Aubameyang  21' Schmelzer  28'	1	67	[191] [196] [241]
28	11 April 15:30	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–0	75,000	Dante  3' Lewandowski 15', 66' Müller 82'	Madlung  35' Stendera  66' Ignjovski  88'	1	70	[197] [199] [242]
29	18 April 15:30	A	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	30,150	Müller  21' Dante  24' Rode 38' Rafinha  66' Beck 90+3' (o.g.)	Rudy  19' Beck  68' Volland  70'	1	73	[200] [202] [243]
30	25 April 18:30	H	Hertha BSC	1–0	75,000	Schweinsteiger 80'	Kalou  62'	1	76	[203] [206] [244]
31	2 May 18:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	30,210	Dante  71' Rafinha  88' Schweinsteiger  89' Weiser  90+1'	Çalhanoğlu 55' Brandt 81' Bellarabi  88'	1	76	[209] [245]
32	9 May 15:30	H	FC Augsburg	0–1	75,000	Dante  12' Reina  13' Rafinha  90+2'	Bobadilla 71' Hong  77'	1	76	[211] [246] [247]
33	16 May 15:30	A	SC Freiburg	1–2	24,000	Schweinsteiger 13'	Mehmedi 33' Guédé  65' Petersen 89'	1	76	[215] [248] [249]
34	23 May 15:30	H	Mainz 05	2–0	75,000	Lewandowski 25' (pen.) Schweinsteiger 48'	—	1	79	[218] [250]

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal was held on 1 June.[251] Bayern were drawn against Preußen Münster.[251] The match took place on 17 August.[252] Bayern won 4–1 with goals from Mario Götze, Thomas Müller, David Alaba, and Claudio Pizarro.[252] Rogier Krohne scored for Preußen Münster.[252] Robert Lewandowski failed to convert from the penalty spot in the last minute of the match.[253] Holger Badstuber played his first competitive match since getting injured[254] on 1 December 2012 against Borussia Dortmund.[27] Bastian Schweinsteiger was unavailable for the match.[255] Bayern were drawn against Hamburger SV in the second round draw.[256] The match took place on 29 October with Bayern winning 3–1.[257] Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba, and Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern and Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored for Hamburg.[258] Jaroslav Drobný made several saves against Bayern.[259] Ribéry was hit by a spectator with a scarf[260] which Hamburg were eventually fined for.[261] Medhi Benatia was suspended for the match.[262] Bayern were drawn against Eintracht Braunschweig in the round of 16 draw.[263] The match took place on 4 March.[264] Bayern won 2–0 with two goals from David Alaba and Mario Götze.[265] Alaba scored in stoppage time in the first half[266] after Arjen Robben won a free kick[267] and Götze scored in the 57th minute.[266] In the quarterfinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Bayer Leverkusen.[268] The match took place on 8 April.[269] The match finished in a 0–0 draw with Bayern advancing after winning in a shoot-out 5–3.[270] Leverkusen's first kick was saved after Manuel Neuer "parried" Josip Drmić's shot.[270] Medhi Benatia left the match due to injury in the 34th minute.[271] In the semifinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Borussia Dortmund.[272] The match took place on 28 April.[273] The match finished in a 1–1 draw with Borussia Dortmund winning in a shoot-out.[274] Bayern missed all four of their shots in the shoot-out.[274] Borussia Dortmund converted two of their shots.[275][276] Robert Lewandowski scored in the 29th minute[273] and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the 75th minute for Borussia Dortmund,[275] three minutes after their first shot.[276] Prior to Borussia Dortmund scoring, referee Peter Gagelmann denied Bayern a penalty shot.[277] Borussia Dortmund went down a man after Kevin Kampl was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card.[276] Arjen Robben returned from injury, coming on as a substitute,[273] but left the match after 15 minutes with a calf injury, causing him to miss the rest of the season.[278] Thiago[279] and Lewandowski were also injured during the match.[278] Lewandowski.[279] Robben was "ruled out" for the remainder of the season.[280] Lewandowski sustained a concussion,[281] broken jaw,[280] and broken nose.[280]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
					Bayern Munich	Opponent
Round 1
17 August 16:00	A	Preußen Münster	4–1	16,797	Götze 19' Müller 29' Shaqiri  37' Alaba 52' Pizarro 74'	Krohne 89' (pen.) Heitmeier  90+1'	[252] [282]
Round 2
29 October 20:30	A	Hamburger SV	3–1	57,000	Lewandowski 7' Alaba 44' Ribéry 55'	Götz  16' Djourou  33' Lasogga 85'	[257] [283]
Round of 16
4 March 20:30	H	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	75,000	Schweinsteiger  41' Alaba 45+1' Götze 57' Dante  90+1'	Kessel  6' Sauer  87'	[264] [284]
Quarterfinals
8 April 20:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0 (aet) (5–3 p)	30,210	Dante  71' Thiago  90+3' Müller  116'	Bender  50' Toprak  104' Papadopoulos  116' Jedvaj  117'	[269] [285]
					Penalties
					Müller   Lewandowski   Alonso   Götze   Thiago	Drmić   Bender   Castro   Çalhanoğlu
Semifinals
28 April 20:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	1–1 (aet) (0–2 p)	75,000	Lewandowski 29' Rafinha  64' Alonso  72' Benatia  113'	Aubameyang 75' Kampl  90'  108' Papastathopoulos  101' Langerak  120'	[273] [286]
					Penalties
					Lahm   Alonso   Götze   Neuer	Gündoğan   Kehl   Hummels

Bayern faced Borussia Dortmund in the DFL-Supercup on 13 August.[287] Borussia Dortmund won the match 2–0 with goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.[288] Javi Martínez left the match injured[289] after tearing his ACL.[290] This was the third consecutive year where Bayern has faced Borussia Dortmund in the competition.[291] Bayern won the super cup in 2012 2–1 and Borussia Dortmund won in 2013 4–2.[291] The match was originally scheduled for four days earlier.[291] Bayern was without Thiago,[44] Franck Ribéry,[292] and Rafinha.[292] Sebastian Rode, Gianluca Gaudino, Juan Bernat, and Robert Lewandowski made their debuts for Bayern.[289]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
					Bayern Munich	Opponent
13 August 18:00	A	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	80,667	Højbjerg  45' Boateng  73' Lahm  85'	Mkhitaryan 23' Aubameyang 62'	[287]

Thomas Müller playing against CSKA Moscow

Bayern were drawn into Group E with Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, and Roma.[293] Bayern started their Champions League campaign[294] on 17 September[295] with a 1–0 win against Manchester City.[296] Jérôme Boateng scored for Bayern[294] after a slight deflection from Mario Götze.[297] Medhi Benatia, made his official debut for Bayern, where he played for 85 minutes, completing 93% of his passes. During the match, Joe Hart "denied" Bayern with a "series of saves."[298] The goal was Bayern's 800th goal in all European competitions.[297] Bayern finished the matchday in second place.[295] On matchday two of the group stage, on 30 September, Bayern defeated CSKA Moscow 1–0[299] with a goal from a penalty shot from Thomas Müller[300] after Mario Götze was fouled by Mário Fernandes.[301] The match had no supporters in the stadium[302] because of racist behaviour of CSKA Moscow supporters.[303] However, several Bayern supporters who made the trip to Moscow for the match saw the match from a skyscraper.[304] This was the 100th win for Bayern in Champions League history.[300] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[305] Then Bayern defeated Roma 7–1[306] on matchday three on 21 October.[307] Bayern got two goals from Arjen Robben and a goal each from Mario Götze, Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Franck Ribéry, and Xherdan Shaqiri and Gervinho scored for Roma.[308] Gervinho's goal ended Bayern's streak of 813 minutes without conceding a goal.[309] The win was Bayern's biggest away win in Champions League history.[310] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[311] In the return match against Roma, on matchday four, on 5 November, Bayern won 2–0[312] with goals from Franck Ribéry and Mario Götze.[312] Ribéry opened the scoring in the 38th minute.[313] Ribéry and David Alaba created a 2-on-1 situation on the left flank.[314] Alaba passed the ball back to Ribéry who scored from the edge of the box.[314] Götze scored the other goal in the 64th minute[313] after Lewandowski pulled away from his marker and crossed the ball to him.[314] Manuel Neuer had to pull off a "double save."[315] Alaba picked up a knee ligament injury in the match.[316] Bayern finished the matchday in first place,[317] and with the win, Bayern clinched top spot in Group E.[315] This was Bayern's quickest path to the knockout round to date.[313] Bayern also became the first German club to win the Group with two matches to spare.[314] Then on matchday five, on 25 November,[318] Manchester City defeated Bayern 3–2.[319] Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Sergio Agüero scored three goals from Manchester City.[318] Agüero scored the opening goal from the penalty spot.[318] Medhi Benatia was sent-off on the play that led up to the penalty shot.[320] The following day, he received a one-match ban for the red card.[321] Alonso equalised when he scored from a free kick in the 40th minute.[318] Five minutes later, Lewandowski scored to give Bayern a 2–1 lead.[318] Stevan Jovetić picked out an Alonso pass and then passed it to Agüero,[322] who scored in the 85th minute.[318] Then Agüero scored in stoppage time to give Manchester City a 3–2 lead.[318] On 10 December, Bayern finished the group stage with a 3–0 win against CSKA Moscow[323] with goals from Thomas Müller, Sebastian Rode and Mario Götze.[324] Müller opened the scoring in the 18th minute from the penalty spot.[324] This was his record-breaking 24th goal in UEFA Champions League for Bayern.[325] Rode and Götze rounded out the scoring in the 84th and 90th minutes.[324] Gianluca Gaudino played in his first UEFA Champions League match.[324]

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table		Ref.
						Bayern Munich	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	17 September 20:45	H	Manchester City	1–0	68,000	Boateng 90'	Džeko  41' Kompany  45' Clichy  65' Demichelis  77'	2	3	[296] [295] [326]
2	30 September 18:00	A	CSKA Moscow	1–0	0	Müller 22' (pen.) Lahm  40' Benatia  68'	Eremenko  45'	1	6	[299] [305] [327]
3	21 October 20:45	A	Roma	7–1	65,000	Robben 9', 30' Götze 23' Lewandowski 25' Müller 36' (pen.) Bernat  63' Ribéry 78' Shaqiri 80'	Iturbe  29' Torosidis  56' Nainggolan  57' Gervinho 66'	1	9	[307] [311] [328]
4	5 November 20:45	H	Roma	2–0	68,000	Ribéry 38' Alonso  45+1' Götze 64'	—	1	12	[312] [317] [329]
5	25 November 20:45	A	Manchester City	2–3	47,726	Benatia  21' Alonso 40' Lewandowski 45' Neuer  78'	Agüero 21' (pen.), 85', 90+1',  90+2' Clichy  60' Zabaleta  90'	1	12	[318] [330] [331]
6	10 December 20:45	H	CSKA Moscow	3–0	68,000	Müller 18' (pen.) Dante  68' Rode 84' Götze 90'	Natcho  27' Dzagoev  70' Ignashevich  90+2'	1	15	[323]

On 5 November, after beating A.S. Roma 2–0, Bayern Munich won the group and qualified for the knockout phase.[314] In the round of 16 draw, on 15 December, Bayern were drawn against Shakhtar Donetsk.[332] In the first leg, on 17 February, the match finished in a 0–0 draw.[333] The match was played in Lviv.[334] Xabi Alonso, who played in his 100th Champions League match,[334] was sent-off[333] after receiving a second yellow card.[334] Douglas Costa received a yellow card after he elbowed Franck Ribéry.[335] There was 35 fouls and eight yellow cards in the match.[335] The second leg took place on 11 March.[336] Bayern defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 7–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Jérôme Boateng, Franck Ribéry, Holger Badstuber, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Götze.[337] Bayern won on aggregate by the same scoreline.[338] Müller gave Bayern the lead in the fourth minute from a penalty shot.[337] Oleksandr Kucher was sent-off on the play leading top the penalty shot.[337] This was the "quickest" red card to be shown in Champions League history.[338][339] Arjen Robben left the match injured in the 19th minute.[339] Boateng made it 2–0 in the 34th minute.[337] In the 49th minute, Ribéry scored to put Bayern up 3–0.[337] Bayern went up 4–0 when Müller got his second of the match in the 52nd minute.[337] Ribéry left the match in the 60th minute due to an ankle injury.[339] Badstuber scored in the 63rd minute to put Bayern up by 5.[337] This was his first goal since December 2009.[340] Lewandowski scored in the 75th minute to make it 6–0.[337] It was 7–0 when Götze scored in the 88th minute.[337] The scoreline tied for the biggest win in the club's Champions League history.[338]

In the quarterfinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Porto.[341] This is Bayern's fourth straight quarterfinal.[342] The first leg took place on 15 April.[343] Porto won the first leg 3–1.[344] Thiago scored for Bayern and Porto got two goals from Ricardo Quaresma and a goal from Jackson Martínez.[343] Quaresma scored two goals in the first 10 minutes.[345] For the first goal, Quaresma scored from a penalty shot in the third minute after Manuel Neuer tripped Martínez inside the penalty area.[346] Neuer received a yellow card on the play.[344] For his second goal in the 10th minute, Quaresma "nicking the ball from Dante" to set-up the goal.[346] Then in the 28th minute, Thiago put Bayern on the scoreboard.[346] Martínez scored in the 65th minute to make it 3–1.[346] The loss finished Bayern's 11-match undefeated streak in Portugal.[346] The following day, Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt,[347] along with three other members of the medical team,[348] resigned after the medical team was blamed for the loss.[347] The second leg took place on 21 April.[349] Bayern defeated Porto 6–1 and 7–4 on aggregate.[350] Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Thiago, Jérôme Boateng, Thomas Müller, and Xabi Alonso.[351] Jackson scored for Porto.[352] Bayern took a 2–0 lead within the first 22 minutes with goals from Thiago and Boateng.[352] Lewendowski put Bayern up by three in the 27th minute.[352] Bayern were up 4–0 after Müller scored in the 36th minute.[352] With the goal, he became the highest scoring German in the competition's history.[353] Lewandowski got his second goal of the match when he scored in the 40th minute.[352] Jackson scored for Porto in the 73rd minute and Alonso scored in the 88th minute from a free kick.[352] The free kick was given after Iván Marcano fouled Thiago, in which he was sent-off for a second yellow card for Porto.[353] The win sent Bayern to their fourth consecutive semifinal.[352] This was Pep Guardiola's 100th match as head coach.[349]

In the semifinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Barcelona.[354] The match took place on 6 May.[355] Barcelona won the first leg 3–0 with two goals from Lionel Messi and a goal from Neymar.[356] The score remained 0–0 until the 77th minute when Messi scored.[357] Messi added his second of the match three minutes later.[357] Neymar added Barcelona's third goal in stoppage time.[355] Bayern failed to get a shot on target for the first time since October 2009 when they lost to Girondins de Bordeaux.[357] The second leg took place on 12 May.[358] Bayern won the match 3–2, however, Bayern lost 5–3 on aggregate.[359] Medhi Benatia, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and Neymar scored twice for Barcelona.[360] Benatia gave Bayern a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute.[360] Then Neymar scored in the 15th and 29th minutes.[360] Then Lewandowski and Müller scored in the second half.[360] The win ended Bayern's four match losing streak.[361]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Leg	Date Kick-off[n 3]	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
							Bayern Munich	Opponent
Round of 16
1	17 February 20:45	A	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	—	34,915	Rafinha  23' Alonso  24'  65' Boateng  80' Schweinsteiger  85'	Srna  39' Costa  58' Fred  77'	[362]
2	11 March 20:45	H	Shakhtar Donetsk	7–0	7–0	70,000	Müller 4' (pen.), 52' Badstuber  26', 63' Boateng 34',  38' Ribéry 49' Lewandowski 75' Götze 88'	Kucher  3' Costa  38'	[336] [363]
Quarterfinals
1	15 April 20:45	A	Porto	1–3	—	50,092	Neuer  2' Bernat  16' Thiago 28' Lahm  38' Rode  71'	Quaresma 3' (pen.), 10' Casemiro  31' Alex Sandro  37' Martínez 65' Danilo  83'	[343] [364]
2	21 April 20:45	H	Porto	6–1	7–4	70,000	Thiago 14' Boateng 22' Lewandowski 27', 40' Müller 36' Badstuber  42' Alonso 88'	Herrera  34' Martínez  38', 73' Ricardo  65' Marcano  71'  87'	[349] [365]
Semifinals
1	6 May 20:45	A	Barcelona	0–3	—	95,639	Alonso  35' Benatia  52' Bernat  56'	Alves  46' Piqué  66' Neymar  69', 90+4' Messi 77', 80'	[355] [366]
2	12 May 20:45	H	Barcelona	3–2	3–5	70,000	Benatia 7' Rafinha  41' Thiago  45+2' Lewandowski 59',  76' Müller 74' Alonso  81' Rode  84'	Neymar 15', 29' Rakitić  64' Pedro  85'	[358]